LaborUnionNews.com's News Digest for Thursday, August 11, 2022
Top Stories: Starbucks Strike Video Viewed 20 Million Times; SEIU Charged In 'Hot Cargo' Spat; Amazon Labor Union Suspends Organizing & More
1. Video of Starbucks Staff Walking Out in Protest Viewed Nearly 20M Times
2. Downtown Portland Security “Hot Cargo” Spat Results in National Labor Complaint
3. WSWS: Amazon Labor Union suspends organizing efforts in New York
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Total Entries: 41
BARGAINING NEWS
Railroad union president on labor disputes, The resurgence of organized labor
The Real Reason Costco May Have An Employee Crisis On Its Hands
ECONOMIC NEWS
Boston hub hospitality biz bounces back, despite hotel worker union
AFL-CIO: The Inflation Reduction Act Is a Victory for Working People
The rise, fall and potential resurgence of unions in America
GENERAL UNION NEWS
L.A. Times: Labor unions are hot, but their moment may not last
Atlantic City Casino Smoking Opponents Sniff Out Problems with Proposed Solutions
Mill stays open: Board decision siding with Liberty Steel unchallenged by city council
GOVERNMENT UNION NEWS
Virginia Public Employers Grapple with Still-New Collective Bargaining Authority
Cook County Workers Victorious After Long Term Fight for Respect
A Recently Reconstituted Advisory Panel Is Finally Making Locality Pay Recommendations
Boston: Wu hires union lawyer to reframe labor-management negotiations
HEALTH CARE UNION NEWS
‘Rude and condescending.’ Clovis nursing home workers blast bosses, picket facility
Why is the nurses’ union at Michigan Medicine appealing to the UM Board of Regents?
Misleading New AD Claims Amendment 1 Protects Illinois Nurses
Sutter Health screwed up paychecks, shorted thousands of workers on wages, unions say
LEGAL NEWS
ORGANIZING NEWS
‘Long overdue for a change:’ Grady EMS paramedic reveals why he supports unionizing
Intelligentsia Coffee’s Chicago Cafe Workers Vote to Unionize
Chipotle agrees to a union vote at West Saginaw Highway location
POLITICAL NEWS
White House Starts Victory Lap Amid Slightly-Less-Dismal Inflation Reading
U.S. Steelworkers union welcomes Vice President Harris, jobs programs
STARBUCKS UNION NEWS
Starbucks workers hold strikes in at least 17 states amid union drive
Tik Tokker: Majority of Starbucks’ Workers are ‘LGBTQ, Gen Z Communists
Starbucks manager in Anderson says she was threatened, assaulted by employee
Eugene Starbucks workers on strike against alleged aggression from corporate leadership